Hot car deals, 23rd January 2009The best deals going on new and used cars
23 January 2009
Special edition of sporty vRS Octavia
For the second time this week we’re starting with official manufacturer deals – this time from Skoda and Chevrolet.
Skoda has announced a ‘Limited Edition’ Octavia vRS. This costs £750 more than the regular car (which already has the VAT knocked off it at the moment), but includes ‘bespoke Italian leather seats’, metallic paint, unique 18-inch wheels, touch-screen stereo, special badging and new interior dash trim amongst its extras.
Just 500 will be built, and it’s priced from £16,295.
Chevrolet’s special edition ‘Ikon’ Captiva crams in even more value. Priced £15,995 for the 2.4-litre petrol (there won’t be many takers) or £16,995 for the 2.0-litre turbodiesel (which is at least more fuel efficient). Respectively, that’s already a £1,000 and £1,400 discount over the LS trim it’s based on.
Yet the Ikon also includes over £3,000 worth of additional extras. Focused on styling enhancements, this means 20-inch alloy wheels, tinted windows, sidesteps and chrome finished exhaust.
Multipla savings
Fiat’s Multipla is a spacious MPV with an usual two-rows-of-three seating layout. It’s no longer quite the challenging looker it once was, either. But the reason it’s here is because Carquake can save you £5,385 on a brand new one.
Well-specified Dynamic Plus trim with proven 1.9-litre turbodiesel engine, it’s available for £11,495 instead of £16,880. Quite a saving.
Used Mondeo for mad money
Bargain Mondeo with less than 10,000 miles on the clock
A five-door Ford Mondeo in top spec Titanium X trim would be an unwise new choice at the moment if you specified the 2.5-litre turbo petrol engine at £23,931. However, buy one used and the inevitably hefty fuel bill might not be such an issue. Autoquake has as example, registered in July 2008 with 8,734 miles, priced at £12,996.
That’s £10,935 less than list – almost half price! – and it’s not even in the Last Chance Cars section.
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